MY FIRST TIME WATCHING *Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring*
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"Is that how people used to write? With actual ink?"
I don't even know how to begin unpacking this sentence 😂
It’s wild knowing people don’t even know about fax.
That took me off guard.
A printer use ink too it's crazy the guy has never seen a paper in his life @@waddledoo2you13
I know right...
I assumed he meant with an inkwell
The lord of the rings trilogy is my favourite movie trilogy ever
Like the music, the action, the cinematograph, the story and characters all hit
I’ve heard the hobbit is meant to be really good as well
@@DonTownsendthey definitely are, you should watch those after this trilogy
@@DonTownsend yeah the hobbit isn’t as good but i think it’s still a great trilogy and really entertaining. The hobbit trilogy also enriches the lord of the rings in my opinion so i do recommend
@@DonTownsendThe Hobbit is a short book adapted into a movie trilogy so most of the content there is either drawn out or has nothing to do with Tolkien's work at all. And don't be mistaken, while Peter Jackson did a decent job at adaptation, LotR is eternal not because of him but because of the world and story Tolkien created.
@@boristurovskiy351 bro said peter jackson did a decent job with the adaptation, nah man he did a phenomenal job, look at most other shows or movie adaptations and none are even close to as good as the LotR adaptation
1:03:15 obligatory mention, that Aragorn puts on Boromir's bracers before sending him into the last voyage and keeps them on throughout the whole trilogy.
Give a listen to the male quartet singing the full lament of Boromir by Legolas, Gimli and Aragorn. Clamavi de Profundis as well as Karliene’s cover too.
@@Makkaru112 Karliene's cover is fantastic.
It’s not that Aragorn simply doesn’t want the power he’s inherited, he doesn’t want to succumb to the power of the ring like his ancestors
in the movies. In the books Aragorn is way less reluctant about his birthright. That kind of character just isn't as relatable on screen, so they changed it.
@@oq1106Exactly. but also Aragorn would’ve already dealt with that before we ever meet him. It’s a lesson Hollywood’s forgotten today, perfect characters with no character arcs aren’t relatable (looking at you captain marvel)
In the books isildur never succumbed either. The Peter Jackson movies are masterpieces but they do Isildur some injustice. In the books, Isildur NEVER succumbs to the ring, he instead spends his time being a fair ruler who practically gave power away to the people instead of being power hungry. He comes to realize that he is not powerful enough to truly bend the ring to his will. That it will eventually overcome him. Isildur resolves to give the ring to Elrond but is killed on the way to Rivendel. It's a tragic story of a man that tries to right his wrong but ultimately fails.
In the books isildur literally repented and was about to bring the ring to Rivendell and apologize as he recognized it was beyond him even for a great numenorean connected to the faithful line of the mighty Elendil
I preface the prologue & war, other depictions I LOVE, captured the themes WELL, the vibe of the whole trilogy! The significance of the duel between Elendil & Sauron was Nerffed; (He wasn’t some random old bloke in armour getting smacked around) This man was MIGHTY and gleaming with power which you’ll find out in the great videos you’ll soon react to with joy!
* He and Gil-Galad; last true Elven King battled Sauron and slayed Sauron’s physical body and both died in the process. GilGalad was held high by the face for all free peoples to see as he then incinerated his bodily form to a crisp of ash! Isildur was part of the fight too but not as prominently and he just comes up to the body to cut the ring finger off and…. So one example is how easily Sauron is killed in the intro.
* • He's set up as this super powered badass, but all you have to do is cut off his finger? That's not how it went down in the book, where the greatest man-king and the greatest elven-king had to double-team Sauron to strike down his body, but were killed in the effort (Isildur then cuts the ring from the corpse).
Especially for elves the title of king has many meanings & by the Third Age there isn’t a population large enough to even attempt to such a thing as creating a unified kingdom, which would put a target on their backs, let alone many of them are beyond all of that anyway as it’s seen as doing more harm than anything good.
* They also seen what happened when the elves fell upon the swords of their own hubris and passion no matter if it was for the right reasons some of the time. That it always ended up in some sort of tragedy which sometimes even damaged the earth itself.
They had long known about what’s called the Long Defeat as ever since Morgoth’s marring of the land itself; pouring his remnants into it that caused the “magic” to slowly drain away from the land itself, which is sad because for ages several clans of elves were born there. even the greatest ancestors were “born” in middle earth awakening to the stars !
Many of who are left have accepted the next phase of their life which is to become councillors, healers and loremasters to those with the heart to listen and the desire to learn. But above all the guardians and custodians of several things and the world itself for as long as they can remain!❤ The elves “exist” as long as the world does. And Tolkien made it obvious in many ways that it’s our world as he restored Anglo Saxon culture/Mythologies and folklore, and their languages too alongside Irish, Welsh and Finnish mythologies too. Especially Norwegian(of which I am)
This is what Amazon (the show that shall not be named) didn’t deliver either [[AKA the actual story which inspired everything we love into existence with games and movies and books and so forth. Skyrim, elder scrolls, oblivion, Diablo, and world of Warcraft and D&D. And Game Of Thrones was hugely inspired by Tolkien… yet as the godfather of everything and the heart of what caused many peoples lives to be saved cannot get the justice it deserves for adaptations? People literally conquered cancer because of the books and the trilogy, the books were read to their children for years. All 25 of them. The man was a hugely respected scholar and professor in the world. Translated ancient artifacts and hieroglyphs and petroglyphs and so forth for the government etc.
(JRR Tolkien even rejected being recruited into the CIA several times & he wrote everyone by letter and referenced the dudes who came to him as “little boys who knew not what they got themselves into” which showed his fearlessness.). The readers of the trilogy that came out are who he writes back to despite always replying to everyone back and forth. Many people have shared the stories regarding these conversations which were past down throughout the family lines of the people who had a personal relationship with Tolkien which was hundreds of people when he was alive. Thousands. (Some are in video format too or happened to be shared later on in the video or comes up during a video about him and his work. Especially nowadays when many of us came out of the woodwork to defend professor Tolkiens legacy from amazons money grubbing hands and so forth. Giving many channels a new lease on life where some make Tolkien related content now amongst other things they create content wise.
@@oq1106Book Aragorn is kind of an arrogant pill. I'm glad they gave him some character development and room to grow in the movies. They did good expanding on a lot of the characters since Tolkien isn't really a character writer.
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Sean Bean gave a masterful performance as Boromir. Fucking legendary.
Best death scene ever for sure. Of course he's had a lot of practice.
@@vanyadolly no lie, the only Sean Bean death that always gets me in the feels
@@vanyadolly Yea, I waited all the way to the credits in "The Martian"....I got cheated!
@@demyanrudenko The only?? What about Eddard??
Frodo decides to go off on his own at the end because when Boromir tries to take the ring from him, he realized that as long as the ring was near groups of people there was a much larger risk of the whole party dying and betrayal from comrades.
It is also why Aragorn let Frodo go by himself in the movie - Aragorn felt the ring tempting him and was worried he would turn out like his ancestor.
@@bauwoman2 Ironically, Isildur overcame the ring's control, and departed to Rivendell to deliver the ring to Elrond. One of the few people that could actually fight back against Sauron's control. If anything, Aragorn's blood was strong against the ring, not weak.
@@dkosmari because they are men of Numenor and blessed by the valar. this is why boromir is tempted more by the ring, its very heavily insuated that faramir has more of the numenorean blood in several different places in the books, and faramir in the book is veeeery different. I.e Frodo thinking to himself how faramir reminds him more of gandalf or aragorn. The men of Arnor during the wars against the witch king they created magical swords that could hurt the ringwraiths, the dunedain were near elves
So the reason Sam calls Frodo sir is bc his family is techically his employer.
The Gamghee family have been the Baggins family's garderners for generations.
fun fact, here at 12:08 when Gandalf left the Shire to look at old scriptures and writings to find information on the ring, in the movie it seems like he was gone for a few days/ weeks, while in the books it's specifically stated that Gandalf was gone for 17 years before he returned to the Shire with news of the ring... Frodo was 33 when Gandalf left which means he started his journey with Sam, Merry and Pippin at the age of 50, (Sam was 39, Merry 37, and Pippin 29.)
Exactly, and technically Pippin was still a teen, not an adult
I'm pretty sure that in the movies that 17 year period just doesn't exist, because none of the hobbits aged. In Frodo's case, it can be explained as the influence of the Ring, but others... And Pippin certainly doesn't look like he is 12 during Bilbo's party
@@Dron-to4uy yeah
@@Dron-to4uyI think it was meant to be shown by how much Bilbo aged but it wasn’t that important for movie fans to know
I’ll post the detailed version of this for him ❤
17:50 Sam is Frodo's gardener, and his father was Bilbo's gardener. So the other hobbits are posh, while Sam is not, he calls him mr. simply out of respect, also in the books Frodo is quite a bit older than Sam, about 11 years older.
Also, Frodo is supposed 10 years older than Sam and about 50
thats in hobbit years tho frodo would be 28 and sam 21 in human year equivalent
@@24karatramen93 I mean you don't have to converte it to human years, its correct to say that Hobbits “come of age” at 33 years of age.
@@p.gin3955 yeah in the Book it was also Frodo’s birthday during Bilbo’s, his coming of age at 33. That is why Bilbo decided to leave then, so he could will Bag End (name of his hobbit hole/home) and his possessions to Frodo and the nasty relatives couldn’t do anything about it.
I read somewhere it was 15, always diff answers, Tolkien probably wasn’t sure himself loolll
Boom! Oh boy this is going to be a banger
Oh yes, well spotted. It's Sir Ian McKellen.. from X men😁🇬🇧
Ah I knew it was shocked when it didn’t have x-men as part of his old movies
@@DonTownsendAbsolutely, both him and Professor X, played by Patrick Stewart are old school Shakespearean actors. And it shows 😊
Meanwhile, Frodo just in the snow .. no socks, no trainers! He be moving like that 😄😁
@@DonTownsendhe's been a lot of great movies in his career; so when you list the three to five recognizable works for someone, in the case of Sir Ian McKellen you have to cut out some major blockbusters.
Hes going by himself because the Ring would slowly consume the Fellowship.. it already started in on Boromir.
Galadriel's gift to Gimli has deeper meaning behind it, like most things in this movie & reflects the expanded lore of the middle earth universe. Galadriel is one of the 2-3 most powerful & wise elves remaining in Middle Earth since the time the land was young. She was born in a place called Valinor, or the Undying land... which is basically the place of residence of the Valar, the local pantheon, the local "gods" as you may call them. Back then, the world was not illuminated by the sun&moon, (only the stars, but rather by 2 trees of gold and silver, Telperion and Laurëlin that lit the world before the sun & moon were born from their last flower & fruit as they were basically killed by Melkor when he struck them with his Lance and Ungoliant the primordial Eldrich Terror, Ungoliant she was named by the Eldar). It is said that Galadriel's hair had somehow captured some of the shine of those two trees. Her uncle Fëanor, who was a great king of the Elven people after his father Finwë was slain by Morgoth(Formally known as Melkor).
Fëanor arguably was their greatest craftsman to ever live, asked if she could give him a lock of hair, so that he could use it to fashion 3 gems that would shine of the same light as the trees. Sensing his pride & a shadow that wasn’t exactly belonging to him brewing from within, she refused his request 3 times. He stopped asking and made the gems anyway, managing to complete the task he had set for himself even without her hair. Around these 3 gems, the possession of which became the driving force for many of the great events in the world, entire wars that lasted for centuries exploded, and other events. The gems actively shaped the fate of the races of middle earth to the point that the aforementioned Valar got involved directly. During these times, events surrounding the gems brought about the traditional enmity between Dwarves and Elves... the same enmity that Gimli still feels towards them. That enmity however does not survive his encounter with the wise Galadriel, whom Gimli basically falls platonically in love with. By giving him 3 of her hair, Galadriel is opening a door, offering an olive branch that might one day close the gap that divides these two races. Legolas, himself being an Elven prince and centuries old, knows of the story through his father Thranduil & grandfather Oropher, as it shaped the lives of all Elves, and his subtle smile is possibly the first act of acknowledgment and reconciliation. it is also a way for Peter Jackson, the director of the film, to give a nod to all of the fans who know these facts and backstories... a way to make us feel seen, and to make us appreciate just how deeply the makers of the film respect the books and larger universe created by Tolkien.
The thing with the hair may seem weird, but there is a significance to it in real life as well as in the lore of the story. In real life, it was not uncommon for wives, fiancés, or even girlfriends to give their men (who were going off to war), a lock of their hair as a keepsake, particularly in WWI, which Tolkien fought in. The lore part of it comes into play in The Silmarillion, Tolkien's tales of the creation of Arda, the Undying Lands of Valinor, and Middle Earth. Galadriel is many, many thousands of years old, & was born in Valinor before the sun & moon were even created. At the time, the world was lit by two trees, one gold and one silver which would shine at different times from each other, but would shine together once a day when one would fade and the other brighten. Galadriel's hair was said to look like the light of the mingled light from the two trees, which may have inspired Feanor, a master craftsman and heir to the high king of the Ñoldor, to craft the Silmaril's which were three jewels that captured the light of the two trees, one golden light, one silver light, & one co-mingled light. Fëanor had a bit of a thing for Galadriel and begged her for her hair three different times, which she rejected because she could perceive the inner darkness of his heart and rejected him, which made them "un-friends" after that. There is a lot more to the lore than that, so this is the super crib-notes version. But the point is, it was VERY significant that she granted Gimli three of her hairs to a dwarf, when she would not to the son of her king many 10s of thousands of years ago of which she is related to all three kings who were brothers and Elu Thingol of Doriath was one of the brothers that didn’t stay in Valinor even though he was one of the elven ambassadors along with his three brothers and that king I mentioned was VERY close friends with Thingol)
“Gandalf got his cheeks clapped” is wild 😭😂😂🤣🤣🤣
The Nazgul are not happy about crossing water because Ulmo, the demigod who sang it into existence still dwells within it, along with his servants. They don't interfere much in the affairs of Middle Earth; until they do. That river is on the boundary of Elrond Half-Elven's realm, so if he asks its spirit to set up a flood trap that can be triggered at need, he'll probably get what he wants. And if a powerful Wizard says that white foam horses will look impressive the river is likely to take his suggestion as well.
If possible the Nazgul find a bridge.
The 3 films were shot in New Zealand, also Gimli said in Dwarvish "I spit on your grave"
He simply needed to turn the subtitles on. ;)
@Makkaru112 It looks like he did.
Yes Ian is also Magneto.
4:55 Ring can resize, change its temperature and many more. It possesses people and has enough control over them to influence their actions, including making them, prideful, clumsy and forgetful enough to lose it. I won't spoil how Bilbo got the ring from Gollum, assuming you gonna watch the prequels. But it has very specific way it did it, using one of Gollums's characteristics.
15:10 There is compilation on YT (or there was), where you have every step Sam made in the movie, with this clip being replayed every time.
17:50 Servants, gardeners and serfs can be friends with the "nobles".
18:40 Well the nails in hoves are "normal" - that's how you put on horseshoes. You nail them, apparently it feels like cutting your fingernails.
29:30 The Nine Wraiths - they clearly are not human anymore. They are undead puppets and as the 9 rings keep them bound - the one Ring will see them and they would see It.
36:00 No one can reject power of the Ring, not in a place it was made and can be destroyed - it will fully takeover. If Eldond fought and won against Isildur - he would take the Ring for himself. Humans and Elves are prideful beings with ambitions. We are not someone who could fight the Ring. Elrond was smart enough to not go close to it.
37:00 She succeeded to bringing Frodo there (tbh, in book it was someone else, other elf character).
58:30 There is also thing called being a stone-mason and sculpturer that gets properly paid for their job.
The nails in the Ringwraith’s horses hoofs are not normal. The shoes are attached with nails, but very close to the edge where the hoof is “dead”. Much like your fingernails where you only cut the ends not down to the middle of the nail. Also the nails are filed down as those would catch the legs as the horse runs.
"So does Frodo and the Rin... *Oh, is that bacon!?!"* Best line ever.
Magic in this world is alot more powerful then in Harry potter and Gandalf is more then just a wizard. This is the greatest fantasy story ever told
also, importantly, less of science. Wizards in mythology and fantasy often are humans that "practice" magic in some form; and even if its an inborn gift, it has to be studied and follows rules similar to natural laws. The "wizards" in Tolkien ARE mythical beings by themselves. You can't throw a rulebook at the limits and extend of their power and one might argue Sauron and Saruman are good examples of what happens when members of this "species" tries to circumvent this lack of clear definition to their power.
I also like that even though magic is very powerful in this world there is a limit to how it can be used. The magic in Middle-earth is tied more into folklore, nature, and mythology. It’s not like Harry Potter, where it seems you can create a new spell fairly easily. Also those that weld magic have more limitations. Gandalf is very powerful, after all he is an Istari (essentially comparable to an angel). But when he was sent to Middle-earth to assist the fight against Sauron, he was forbidden from using his full power. It would interfere with the natural order. He was sent to be an advisor of sorts. This is why you only see him really use magic is against other powerful magical beings (aka Saruman, the Balrog).
There is also the fact that Magic users in Middle Earth don't need Wands
@@TheShadow8771They don't need it in Harry Potter because wandless magic is a thing but you have to be powerful to be proficient at it and a wand helps
the entire trilogy was filmed in New Zealand!
Misty mountains were the alps I believe but other than that ur right
Not all, the scene with the Nazgûl looking over the tree root in the shire was somewhere in the UK I think, in a park in a city
If you use violence to take the Ring, it makes it easier for the Ring to corrupt you. He couldn't just kill him take the ring and throw it in, because the ring would take control of him.
Elrond was Isildur's great-great-great-...-uncle, so it's not a good idea to spill blood from your own family, even worse if that starts a war between men and elves. Also, Isildur was a Dunedain, he was stronger than Elrond, even without any boosts from the One Ring. Elrond wasn't just looking disappointed at Isildur, he also knew he was powerless to do anything about it.
@@dkosmari True!
They only mention it once but Merry, Pippin and Frodo are all each other's cousins. I mean a homie like Sam will go to the ends of the earth for you, but the other two hobbits are literal family.
The reason the ringwraiths didn't cross the river because that was the border to Elrond's territory. They knew they ran the risk of getting hit with that elf magic.
And Gandalf didn't "know" that the Dwarves of Moria were going to be dead. A few years prior the outside world lost contact with the group and Gandalf was just like "Bad vibes. Bad vibes all around."
even years later lord of the Rings is still amazing
57:44 An important fact to that scene: Once, in the first age, the elve Feanor, the greatest smith to ever exist, asked Galadriel for one lock of her golden hair because of their beauty, but she denied it to him.
Now, thousends of years later, a simple dwarf askes her humbly for the exact same thing, and she gives him 3 instead of only one.
Now you can grasp the great importance of this scene.
He’s not a simple dwarf. He’s directly descended from Dúrin The Deathless. Of whom whenever is reborn passes all the memories from all past Dúrin’s back to the very first one. And no two Dúrins can exist at the same time.
With a certain clan of dwarves: A giant set of events throughout the ages caused a huge rift between dwarves & elves since before any elf ever saw a dwarf. Elves are the firstborn. Men are the secondborn. Dwarvish forefathers were created by the hands of one of the Valar named Aulë, then essentially Eru Îlluvatar(AllFather) breathed life into them to later wake up at a later date since Aulë was still excited to create things of his very own. It’s also why dwarves overall can resist the rings power and so forth.
There were these beings became known as Petty Dwarves in the books where these beings were super hostile and the elves thought it was just another spawn of Melkor (now Morgoth) so when they finally did see actual dwarves they killed them on site. That and dwarves were keen on chopping down trees by huge amounts so you can kind of see why… but this was only the beginning. But it’s not a very good start. Buuut not all dwarvish clans share this rift as the creator of the 16 rings was an elf named Celebrimbor and is one of the best characters ever. His main smithery guild in Eregion was full of dwarves and elves called the “Gwaith Ír Mirdain”. Even Gimli’s father was really close to a certain elf I won’t name yet! ❤
Not all dwarves were enemies to elves. Galadriel and her brother were best friends with dwarves. Famously the fortress of Nargothrond was built by Finrod Felagund with the dwarves! It was only a certain clan that killed Elu Thingol! (Elwë)
Galadriel & her elder brother Finrod Felagund were best friends with the dwarves. Finrod was named Felagund by the dwarves meaning “Earth Hewer” from the fact he helped them build the great fortress called Nargothrond of which he was the elven lord that ruled there justly. Was the same for Celebrimbor and the dwarves of Eregion especially the guild called Gwaith Í Mirdain. His bestie was Narvi the dwarf. Narvi and Celebrimbor created the doors of Moria. Moria is also the elvish name for Khazad Dûm. This gift for Gimli set it into imperishable Crystal and would be the only thing left in middle earth that holds the light of the two trees of Valinor (Valanor by the Eldar). It’s basically the uncursed version of the Nauglamir. He named it The Galadramir. ❤
If you search for
'victorian hair art' then you can see what amazing things people created with hair in the past. Craftsmen as dwarfs were, I imagine that Gimli must have created something beyond exquisite!
Gimli attacking the ring shows it has no hold over him just like the Dwarvish rings out of the 16 meant to go to the elves had no hold over them. So technically they could easily be used offensively and defensively but many disappeared over the ages mainly due to Sauron collecting them back again over the last few thousand years. One or two eaten by dragons (not simple minded beasts here. They were twisted and enhanced beings by Melkor/Morgoth(Saurons Upperclassman as far as the Ainur face goes.). There were only a few of them and their offspring are lesser drakes throughout middle earth. Most recent one you’ll see in The Hobbit movie and one other most recent dragon left of the originally created dragons was Scatha, of which I don’t think Scatha even has wings or could fly in any permanent sort of way.
“Evil cannot create. Only twist and warp what is already natural to the world”
"Celeborn gazed at the Dwarf in wonder, but the Lady smiled.
'It is said that the skill of the Dwarves is in their hands rather than in their tongues ' she said; 'yet that is not true of Gimli. For none have ever made to me a request so bold and yet so courteous. And how shall I refuse, since I commanded him to speak? But tell me, what would you do with such a gift?”
“Treasure it, Lady,' he answered, 'in memory of your words to me at our first meeting. And if ever I return to the smithies of my home, it shall be set in imperishable crystal to be an heirloom of my house, and a pledge of good will between the Mountain and the Wood until the end of days.”
Then the Lady unbraided one of her long tresses, and cut off three golden hairs, and laid them in Gimli's hand.
"These words shall go with the gift,' she said. 'I do not foretell, for all foretelling is now vain: on the one hand lies darkness, and on the other only hope. -
But if hope should not fail, then I say to you, Gimli son of Gloin, that your hands shall flow with gold, and yet over you gold shall have no dominion."
Prophecy and gift are one; Galadriel is recognizing Gimli's nobility of characte for all elves to understand, explicitly, and finally. In doing so she formally ends any grievance the elves of Lothlorien have with the people of 'the Mountain'. This is why Gimli wears the titles of 'Elf-Friend' and 'Lock-Bearer' in lore.
Some background on the Rings: Sauron came to the Elves in disguise, pretending to be an emissary of the gods, to teach the Elves how to craft rings of power. He promised them that their rings would allow them to maintain their magical kingdoms (which was an issue for the Immortal Elves who, as the power of creation slowly left the world, started to diminish in power and grew weary; Elves can literally lose the will to live) The Dwarves took their rings to extend their lives and multiply their hoards of wealth, Sauron was unable to successfully control the the Dwarves, but it did attract gold coveting Dragons to destroy some of their kingdom. Similarly he couldn’t control the Elves as their rings were made without his knowledge and were sent into hiding with their bearers, so they were uncorrupted by Sauron.
The One Ring essentially works as an amplifier for one’s nature and power, and the ring uses people’s corruptible qualities against them, the only one being able to truly bear it being Sauron. Sauron is a spirit but was known for taking many different forms, when he created the ring he put a lot of his own power into it, so when it was removed from him he either couldn’t or it took him a long time to regain a physical form.
A small addendum. The Ring not only uses your most corruptible qualities against you it also uses your most admirable qualities against you. As Gandalf said "I would use this ring out of a desire to do good" and Boromir wanted it out of a desire to protect his people but it would worm its way into their minds and corrupt them.
There are others who could use the ring aka the istari and tom bonbadill
Even without the dragons going after their riches, the Dwarves just dug down deeper and deeper, away from the surface. Not an optimal result for Sauron, who specialized in using everyone's powers for his own goals, but good enough to get them out of the picture. Better not have them in the battlefield among men and Elves, Dwarves are very dangerous over short distances.
Why are those wood elves so glowy? That’s the light of the ELDAR. Before there was a sun and moon in middle earth, they had these two giant glowing trees. In the first age. One gold and one silver. Elves from the first age many thousands of years old glow like that from the light of the great trees. This movie took place in the third age. That scene from the beginning marked the end of the second age!
Yes, usually when Frodo puts on the ring, it is because of its manipulations, like when the wraith was right above them. If Frodo at not resisted and put on the ring, then the wraith would have found them and taken the ring to Sauron, which is the ring's ultimate goal.
Arwen, the elf lady, is the one who brought Frodo to Rivendel and to her father Elrond, the guy who was in the war, because of his skill at healing. Arwen can't just summon up water torrents at random like she did at that river. It was as she said to Strider/Aragorn, the borders of their lands are protected. By the time she had crossed that river, she was already in the land of the elves at Rivendel, so the actual city was probably pretty close.
You seemed a bit confused when Boromir talked about "Isildur's heir" (the names can be hard to remember for sure). Isildur was the one who cut the ring from Sauron's hand, and the son of king Elendil. Aragorn is a descendant of Isildur, and heir to the throne of Gondor, the greatest remaining kingdom of men. The city has been governed by stewards for a while now, with the current steward being Denethor, Boromir's father.
As we see quite clearly in this movie, hobbits seem to have a far greater resistance to the ring than most others. They are not very powerful like Gandalf or the elves, nor do they desire great wealth, like dwarves, or power, like men. They're simple people with simple lives. The ring cannot sway them with promises of power and wealth, because they generally have everything they really want in the shire. Even more working class hobbits like Sam, who works as a gardener for a richer family (the Bagginses) doesn't have a strong desire to rise up in life. He lives a life of manual labor sure, but he's hardly worked to the bone, he has food, ale and joy, and gets to watch things live and grow. There's not much more a hobbit usually desires. Even Bilbo, who is definitely more eccentric and worldly than the other hobbits, after carrying the ring around for 60 years and clearly having grown very attached to it, was capable of willingly discarding it after some encouragement from Gandalf. Frodo just straight up kept it in an envelope in a chest and never even took it out. In the movie it looks like Gandalf was back in like a week, but in the books it was actually 17 years between Bilbo leaving and Frodo leaving. During that whole time, Frodo never once used the ring. They're not immune to it, but are not nearly as swayed as the other races.
Gimli asking for a hair from Galadriel does have significance. Much of the conflict in the lore of this world was caused by the Silmarils, three gemstones crafted by the elf Feanor. It was said that the golden hair of Galadriel had snared some of the light of the Two Trees of Valinor, that brought light to the land of the gods in early times. Feanor admired the light her hair carried so much he requested a strand from her thrice, only to be denied each time. Feanor instead blended the light of the trees (which were still around then) into his Silmarils. These trees were later destroyed by Melkor/Morgoth, the master of Sauron, and Ungoliant, a spider monster. The last fruit and flower of these tries were turned into the sun and the moon.
Galadriel giving Gimli three of her hairs is a kind of spite to Feanor, as he was denied one three times. It also shows that she saw Gimli was a pure hearted person, unlike Feanor, who was a great and powerful elf, but not a good person. Gimli intended to set her hairs in crystals as a pledge of goodwill between the Mountain (dwarves) and the Wood (elves) until the end of days.
Yes, it's because of how much the ring manipulates people that Frodo ends up leaving alone. It already took Boromir, and the power of the ring grows stronger the closer they get to Mordor. Frodo worried that it would eventually take the others too, and so decided that it would be better to leave the others behind and continue on his own, trying to stay more hidden than they could as a group.
When I first watched the movies as a kid, I only saw the bad Boromir did, but of course that's not the full picture. He's a good man, and a great one, but he's just not strong enough to resist the ring. He's under immense pressure. His people have been holding off the forces of Mordor on their own and things are looking grim. The ring of course makes use of that, and promises him the strength to protect his people and his country, and Boromir ends up falling for it, though he snaps out of it soon after. His final line always hits me.
"You were alive 3000 years ago? Oh, orlando bloom!" 😂
The ring would have slowly corrupted the fellowship by its presence. Boromir was the first to be tempted, but he would not have been the last. Frodo had to leave or else the mission would be doomed.
All the scenery is New Zealand. In Tolkien's world, doing magic takes a lot out of the wizards. So, they must use it wisely and recover.
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Frodo is Sam's employer, and, yes friend.
Class system mr. british man. Tolkien is from the early 19 hundreds :)
Quick edit :
When anyone puts on the ring they enter the spirit realm. This makes them invisible to "normal" people, but veeery visible to spirits (the Nazgul) and others attuned to said realm. Gandalft is one of these spirits ( think lesser angels bc Tolkien was a Christian and loved mythology)
The Balrog is the same sort of spirit as Gandalf, Saruman and Sauron himself, but Sauron used to be a follower of the smiting god of this pantheon (think Vulcan or Hephaistos), so his ability to craft insanely powerful items is shown by his crafting of the rings.
Sauron was then corrupted by Melkor a.k.a Morgoth and used his abilities to conquer Middle Earth and (as both of them hoped) The entire word of Arda.
Second edit *sigh* i am such a dork 😛
Aragorn is Eldrond´s great, great, x a lot nephew. Elrond is a half elf, but Humans and Elves were never meant to mix, so he and his brother were given a choice by "the gods": Choose which race you will be : The immortal Elves or the mortal Humans. 1 chose the elves (Elrond) and the other chose the humans (The line of Isildur and many, maaaaaaaany lives after :Aragorn.
There's way more lore to be had, but imma have to limit the wall of text that i'm embarking on 😛
All i can say is : Check out the lore brother, or even better : The actual books.
It's the the basis of all D&D and general western fantasy, and yes i know that he took inspiration from Anglo/Viking/Germanic religion (Calls my religion myth, i dares ya bitch :-P).
But he did it so damned well, that his world might aswell be a whole new religion!
Imma stop now, sry for the wall of text!
well said
the ring is essentially sentient, it can communicate with the dark lord and it can shrink or expand depending on its situation
This is filmed in New Zealand. My home land. No CGI, it's all real. (Except the castles obviously)❤
Beautiful country
technically, some setpieces where miniatures mixed with cgi, like Rivendell.
Okay, some LotR 101 for you to help (I won't spoil anything.) The ring can make it self heavier and can change its size. This is how it escapes each time. Soron put a part of his spirit into the ring so without it he is tweaked but you can't kill him entirely without first distorying the ring. Those that up on the ring are not invisible in the classic sense. When you put the ring of power on you are partly in the spirit realm or shadow realm. This is why the wraith looked more like the ghostly versions of who they once where. Elves exist in both the material and spirit reals so as Frodo was slowing becoming a wraith do to the Morgal Blade he say the sprit form of Arwen. Hops this helps.
Gandalf was given the ring of fire (Varya) by one of the oldest remaining elves from the first clans to wake beneath the stars before the sun and moon ever existed; at the Cuiviènen river named Círdan. It’s best attribute was it raises the spirits of those who wear it. Bolstering internal strength and so forth. He knew it would aid Gandalf in his quest from the Valar and Eru Îlluvatar (the one AllFather) themselves to bolster the spirits of the free peoples of middle earth and to sow seeds of hope within the hearts of Men, Elves and Dwarves alike.
Firstly: All 16 rings were meant to go to the elves ( which lead to 300-500years of his infiltration & deception down the drain.) but Mairon of the Maiar(primordial angelic beings in simple terms as they are sort of beyond angels) disguised as a high elf named Annatar when he came to the elves pretending to be an emissary from Valinor on behalf of the Valar so it makes sense how alluring the ring is and how strong it’s pull on people is. (A bit too instant in the movies though) Galadriel soon saw right through him and especially when after speaking with him regarding not remembering him when in Valinor long ago where she learned from all the Valar thanks to being dominantly Vanyar/Teleri side over her Noldorin side where she gleaned from that encounter that she did not study under Aulë the Vala with any elf named Annatar ! But later named Sauron by the elves meaning deceiver! After all of this, The three elven rings were made in secret without Saurons touch upon them thanks to Kelebrimbor! Remember Gandalf before he became Gandalf was the same species of entity Sauron used to be!! Wow hey?
The Rings in this case, would have lost their powers eventually due to the lack of the One Ring and possibly because they were designed to defeat evil, & evil in the form of Sauron had been defeated twice already in the past.
The Three Elven Rings served their purpose for a long time. Two out of three of them had several different bearers Unlike the other Rings, the main purpose of the Three is to "heal and preserve", as when Galadriel used Nenya to preserve her realm of Lothlórien over long periods. The Elves made the Three Rings to try to halt the passage of time, or as Tolkien had Elrond say, "to preserve all things unstained". I can expand upon this based on any further statements & questions you have for me as a reply to this comment ! ❤
There is problem here with the Rings, the Three were supposed to be never touched by Sauron and that's why they were not corrupting…Sauron had not taken part in their making which made the Three more 'pure' unsullied by his dark power, unlike the Nine and Seven Rings! But Sauron in the show touched the very material they were made of!!! So technically he could have tainted them and corrupted!
Even appendices of Lot tell us the order of making the rings, so they didn't even need the righs to more detailed writings in UT or Silmarillion:
1200
Sauron endeavours to seduce the Eldar. Gil-galad refuses to treat with him; but the smiths of Eregion are won over. The Númenoreans begin to make permanent havens.
c. 1500
The Elven-smiths instructed by
Sauron reach the height of their skill.
They begin the forging of the Rings of Power.
c. 1590
The Three Rings are completed in Eregion.
c. 1600
Sauron forges the One Ring in
Orodruin. He completes the Barad-dûr. Kelebrimbor perceives the designs of Sauron.
1693
War of the Elves & Sauron begins.
The Three Rings are hidden."
'Did you not hear me, Gloin?' said Elrond. 'The Three were not made by Sauron, nor did he ever touch them.
But of them it is not permitted to speak. So much only in this hour of doubt I may now say. They are not idle. But they were not made as weapons of war or conquest: that is not their power. Those who made them did not desire strength or domination or hoarded wealth, but understanding, making, and healing, to preserve all things unstained.
These things the Elves of Middle-earth have in some measure gained, though with sorrow. But all that has been wrought by those who wield the Three will turn to their undoing, and their minds and hearts will become revealed to Sauron, if he regains the One."
The 3 Elven Rings are not susceptible to “The One Ring” in any direct way.. They’re only tied by fate to lose their power if Sauron is defeated completely & absolutely. As they were made by the elves and as always they make things for a purpose and pour their literal spirit into things they create. So if Sauron is defeated then the three rings power will fade and basically become almost useless or diminished versions of their original design since by this era magic has bled from the world by a huge degree thanks to Morgoth’s poisoning the world itself with his very essence that he poured into it. Called The Long Defeat By The Elves and The Men Of The West.
The elvish songs of lamentation were for Gandalf when they arrived in Lothlórien. So the song you hear is literally for him whilst being a theme for the movie itself. The only excerpt from these songs is "Mithrandir, Mithrandir, O Pilgrim Grey!"
This was expanded & set to music by Philippa Boyens & Howard Shore, respectively, for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. It was sung in the said film by Elizabeth Fraser in the track Lothlórien. Notable about this song is that it assumes that the elves of Lothlórien were aware that Gandalf was an incarnate Maia. This is debatable. As well, the lyrics ask "What drove you to leave/That which you loved?". This suggests that Gandalf was well aware that he would fall in Moria. Other debatable verses include the claims that Gandalf was the wisest of the Maiar, and that with him the Flame of Anor would leave the world (assuming that it and he were one, or he was the only wielder of the Flame).
(English comes after the Quenya)
* The first part is in Quenya:
A Olórin i yáresse
Mentaner i Númenherui
Tírien i Rómenóri
Maiaron i Oiosaila
Manan elye etevanne
Nórie i melanelye?
- The Second part is in Sindarin:
Mithrandir, Mithrandir, A Randir Vithren
ú-reniathach i amar galen
I reniad lín ne mór, nuithannen
In gwidh ristennin, i fae narchannen
I lach Anor ed ardhon gwannen
Caled veleg, ethuiannen.
* Olórin, who once was...
Sent by the Lords of the West
To guard the lands of the East
Wisest of all Maiar
What drove you to leave
That which you loved?
Mithrandir, Mithrandir O Pilgrim Grey
No more will you wander the green fields of this earth
Your journey has ended in darkness.
The bonds cut, the spirit broken
The Flame of Anor has left this World
A great light, extinguished.
Great reaction, you can see there is no choice but to watch The Two Towers. Side note, one of my favorite things is to here British people say "Without further ado"
Sam calls him “Mister Frodo” because he’s technically Frodo’s servant (his gardener) as well as his friend. In old England you could be friends even though you had a master-servant relationship.
To explain why Sauron died in the beginning when his finger was cut off. He poured his very soul into the ring when making it. The ring made up more of his soul than his body. So when the ring was removed, he lost connection to his very soul and was banished from the mortal realm, no longer having a mortal body. This is why we see glimpses of his soul working through others, but not actually, boots on the ground, in mortal form walking around.
The Ring is also still bound by the majority of his soul, which is why when it is used, he can see and sense where it is, and why the ring corrupts people nearby and seems to have a mind of it's own.
I guess, but in the books it took a lot more to kill him and isildur basically just cut his finger off after he had already been killed
On the whole golden hair thing if it hasnt been said is actually really sweet for lore reasons. The greatest elvish blacksmith of all time once asked for three of her hairs to make his masterpiece complete but she refused him because she saw greed in his heart.
So giving gimli three is her saying that his heart is pure and good. Despite the fact that the dwarves and known as greedy. Legolas knew the story thats why he smiled. Gimli didnt know it but that was like the greatest gift an elf as ever given one of his people.
iirc, after the story, Gimli set them in some kind of jewelry (don't remember whether it was a gem or something else) and kept it as an heirloom of his house
@@Drengade set into imperishable Crystal and be an heirloom of his house forever. Being the pure light of Valinor and two trees to still be in middle earth. The wholesome version of the Nauglamir.
@@Makkaru112I remember when he asked her for it he said that if she gave him a strand of her hair he would set it in imperishable crystal but did it ever follow up with that later and say if he actually did that or did something else with it?
To answer your question near the end: Frodo decides to travel alone because he's afraid that what happened to Boromir will eventually happen to ALL of the people around him: one by one the Ring will tempt them and drive them crazy. Frodo couldn't bear the thought of that happening to his friends (plus it would make his mission even harder). So that's why he tries to leave Sam behind.
Welcome Don, to the greatest trilogy ever created. Its a honor to take this journey with you😂
Sean bean played Boromier. They call him the son of Gondor because he’s a knight from Gondor he also played Ned Stark in the Game of Thrones
52:49 Fun fact: Gandalf, Saruman, Sauron and the Balrog are of the same race. They are called Maia and are what we would call half-gods, agents of the Valar.
They have per se no real physical form and so can shapeshift.
Saruman and Gandalf (as well as the other 3 wizards, called Istari) chose the apperance of old humans.
The Balrog is a corrupted Maia, called Umaia, who followed the dark Valar Morgoth, sometimes called Melkor, and became those beasts of fire and shadow.
Sauron is also a follower of this dark Valar.
They filmed all three films back to back in New Zealand! You can go visit the Hobbit houses/village today! (I believe, I know they struggled through COVID)
Edit: Poor Sean Bean can't make it past the first of anything 😂
Great reaction ❤😊This is my all-time favorite trilogy and a continuous re-watch. Looking forward to the Two Towers reaction😊
“Gandalf got his cheeks clapped”……. 😭 you OP bruv
The Hobbit is the story of Bilbo’s adventure when he first finds the ring.
The magic here is actually just requesting the elements help. Arwen asks the river, which is the border of the Elven realm of Imladris(Rivendell in Westron/modern human tongue), of which the darkness fears, for its help, Saruman asks the mountain to wake up and stop the fellowship, Gandalf asks the mountain to go back sleep and be at peace. It’s authority based and the type of relationship you have with the world around you.
All waters in middle earth are connected to one of the 7 Valar who sang the world into being long ago named Ulmo and this is another main reason why they are afraid and he had huge influence and connection to their now sunken island continent of Númenor. That and the water reflected + echoed the first song of that creation(The Ainulindalë) which is why they cannot stand it.
Magic here is is authority based, not simple latin based incantations, like Harry Potter (JKR a genius in her own right though); or Game of thrones, just two of the stories highly influenced by JRR Tolkien's scholarly works. Even Diablo, D&D and WORLD of WARCRAFT was heavily influenced by Tolkien. Even EldenRing Bloodborne, and DemonSouls/DarkSouls but those ones took major inspiration from the folklore and mythologies of our own world which is Arda/Eä(our Midgard). Just like professor and WW1 veteran Tolkien himself ❤ which is why they are beloved games. They have great depth!
ONE OF THE GREATEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME
Only if you include the theatrical. The extended editons are not worthy of masterpiece status.
Enjoyed watching the movie with you--you put a lot of soul into your comments! I've included more comments than usual, because you raise a lot of interesting points.
I wanted to clarify a few things that you might have been confused by:
Gandalf is a wizard but he isn't just your average fantasy wizard who knows things like fireball or ice ray. He is an extremely powerful being known as a Maiar or a Demigod in this world, he and Saruman are Istari or "one of the 5 Maiar who were sent on the quest to defeat Sauron" so they are EXTREMELY powerful people. However, there were restrictions laid upon them by the Valar- the Valar in this world are basically the gods. Gandalf was "forbidden from using his full power because it would interfere with the natural order"
Gandalf is OLD he is VERY old and there is a lot that he knows, but he also is not allowed to meddle in the affairs of people too much because that is also forbidden and goes against the natural order of things. It's kinda like that scene in Immortals the movie where Zeus tells Poseidon that he isn't allowed to meddle in the affairs of men, they got themselves in this mess, and they get themselves out. The most we can do is be a guide or a sign but not directly help them. Well in this series they can meddle a little more, even walk among them, their main goal in the end was to find and defeat Sauron and then leave, Gandalf more than the others just mingled with the locals cause he enjoyed their presence.
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The other thing I noticed you mentioned a few times is why are the elves all glowy? Well, the elves were the first on this planet to be created by the gods. The elves are magical, but not magical in a casting spells way that you would think, only higher beings than themselves like the Maiar and Valar can do that, they cannot DO magic, they ARE magic, magic in this world is much more subtle than what we see in games. They live for thousands of years, and they have amazing healing capabilities, they are strongly connected with the essence of the world, have a higher affinity towards magical energy, and are much more closely associated with the gods. As well as being very connected with nature as to why they always live in forests. The elves are very pure beings of light, so when Frodo was being taken by the darkness due to the Ringwraith stab to his shoulder, in the eyes of dark creatures they glow in a very radiant way.
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Also yes Legolas is like Deadass a Shonen character with how he fights
Bilbo Walking Song: “Roads go ever ever on, Over rock and under tree, By caves where never sun has shone, By streams that never find the sea; Over snow by winter sown,
And through the merry flowers of June,Over grass and over stone,
And under mountains in the moon.
Roads go ever ever on
Under cloud and under star,
Yet feet that wandering have gone
Turn at last to home afar.
Eyes that fire and sword have seen
And horror in the halls of stone
Look at last on meadows green
And trees and hills they long have known”
The original version of the song is recited by Bilbo in the last chapter of The Hobbit, at the end of his journey back to the Shire. Coming to the top of a rise he sees his home in the distance, and stops and essentially sings what I shared above!
There are three versions of this walking song in The Lord of the Rings.
The first is sung by Bilbo when he leaves the Shire and is setting off to visit Rivendell:
“The Road goes ever on and on,
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.”
The second version is identical except for changing the word "eager" to "weary" in the fifth line. It is spoken aloud, slowly, by Frodo, as he and his companions pause on their way to Crickhollow, looking beyond to lands that some of them have never seen before.
The third version is spoken by Bilbo in Rivendell after the hobbits have returned from their journey. Bilbo is now an old, sleepy hobbit, who murmurs the verse and then falls asleep.
“The Road goes ever on and on
Out from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
Let others follow it who can!
Let them a journey new begin,
But I at last with weary feet
Will turn towards the lighted inn,
My evening-rest and sleep to meet.”
1977: The Hobbit (1977 film): Sections of the poem are sung during the trip through Mirkwood. It appears on the soundtrack titled "Roads".
1980: The Return of the King (1980 film):
A song inspired by the poem is sung at the end of the film called "Roads Go Ever, Ever On".
1981: The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series):
Bilbo sings the song as he leaves Bag End. It is sung by John Le Mesurier to a tune by Stephen Oliver.
1997: An Evening in Rivendell:
The Tolkien Ensemble adapted an original melody to the song, composed by Caspar Reiff.
2001: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring:
Parts of the song are sung by Gandalf in his first appearance, and also by Bilbo as he leaves Bag End.
2006: The Lord of the Rings Musical:
The poem is the basis of the song "The Road Goes On" sung by Sam, Frodo, Merry, and Pippin in the first act.
2014: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies:
Lines of the poem partially make up the lyrics of The Last Goodbye, performed by Billy Boyd(Pippin) for the credits of the film.
This is just stuff to know when you see the next films. Maybe seeing this will spark something you read here or in other people’s comments via future reactions to the other 2 films as well as the 3 The Hobbit movies!
Yes do the extended edition on all of am it’s worth it loved the reaction
All three of the movies were filmed at the same time over two years, they shot in New Zealand.
Boromir's death scene is absolutely amazing! Keeps getting back up continues to fight, defending Merry and Pippin
HELL YES!! Extended editions are the only way to watch this amazing story!
Iv had a little break from Don's videos, just not a fan of the recent things reacted to (which is okay) then I see he's doing one of my favourite trilogies!? Hell yeah I'm down for this ride!
All movies were filmed in New Zealand
Galadriel had once before given hair from her head as a gift to a younger and more fair Sauron, who deceived her and used the hair in the construction of powerful items in a past era. She had sworn to never again provide anyone with her hair. But Gimli had showed a pure heart willingness to overlook old hatreds between their people and she in her own way came to love him.
Aragorn’s True name & and mission was a closely guarded secret so nobody besides people like Elrond and the remaining clans of the Dúnedain would know him and also keep his identity secret. Sauron was hunting down & killing all remnants of Númenor (from 5000 plus years ago) til this day. So it’s why Aragorn must be kept secret. He was raised by Elrond and his twin sons: Elladan & Elrohir; since I was a baby. He became close friends with these twins! They are practically blood brothers. That’s how close.
Yea the ring can change size (you can see it shrinking when Isildur picks it up right at the beginning and it enlarges to come off his finger in the river).
Most filming took place in New Zealand which provided the sort of landscapes Tolkien described in the books.
You got it, the Ring corrupts and poisons so it does tempt you to put the ring on. It also attracts evil to it which is why Frodo is always getting attacked, evil is literally drawn to him while carrying the ring.
Frodo realized he had to part from the fellowship because the ring's power would corrupt the members of the fellowship (like it was doing with Boromir (Sean Bean)).
Def keep with the extended versions too, I know the runtime is intimidating but its well worth it. Tho because of it a lot of reaction channels split the movies up into multiple videos
Great reaction. It is an amazing Trilogy. No matter how detailed the Movies and extended editions are the lore is so rich that very little of it made it to the big screen. Regarding the prologue and the rings: Sauron's plan was to forge rings of power that would give their wilder amazing powers and turning them into great sorcerers and kings but would be under Sauron's will who would rule from the shadows. Sauron deceived the Elfs into helping him forge the rings of power: 9 for Men 7 for Dwarfs and then Sauron made the One ring to rule them all, however the Elf Celebrimbor forged the 3 Elvish rings without Sauron's presence and corruption making them unique in the way that they are good and benevolent and help others not just the person holding them. They are also unique in the sense that they are subject to "The One Ring" but not Sauron himself. This means that unless Sauron puts on The One Ring these 3 rings are the most powerful in existence.
The 3 Elvish rings are not explored in the movies but they are an integral part of the lore and story so here is a little info on them that is not directly explained in the movies to help you have a grasp of what is going on offscreen. Their powers are not fully explained but what is know is:
Vilya: The ring of Air. Elrond has this ring and with it he was able to heal Frodo from the Nazgul wound something that is normally impossible. It was also the ring of Air (Maybe with the assistance of Gandalf) that made the river wash out the Nazgul.
Nenya: The ring of Water. Galadriel has this ring and with it she protects her kingdom from everything including time itself. This is why it is a very tough choice for her to help Frodo because if "The One Ring" is destroyed her ring will lose it's power and her kingdom will diminish and fall into history.
Narya: The ring of Fire. Gandalf has this ring. With it he is able to do the Fireworks and probably helped him in his fight with the Balrog. Another quality of this ring is that it affects the people around it by increasing their courage, bravery and making them resist corruption. That is one of the reasons why Gandalf's presence was so inspiring and why despair took over the fellowship when he fell.
P.S. Isildur was actually much wiser and way more noble in the books. They never were with Elrond in the pits of mount Doom for him to change his mind and keep the ring. Elrond merely SUGGESTED it was destroyed but Isildur asked to keep the ring as an heirloom for losing his father and brother in the battle. At the time nobody knew what it would mean if the ring is allowed to endure so Elrond AGREED and let him keep the ring. After some time Isildur realized the ring was starting to take over him and even though he had shown great resistance to it he had the foresight and modesty to realize he cannot fully control it. He was on his way to give the ring to Elrond for safe keeping and ask him for advice when he was ambushed and killed by orcs. In the books Aragorn is not only not ashamed but actually quite proud to be Isildur's heir and shouts his name as a battle cry when charging into battle.
About the hairs Galadriel gave to Gimli. Galadriel's hair is said to carry the light of the two trees. Thousands of years in the past Feanor the lord of elves 3 times asked Galadriel to give him a lock of hair to put in the legendary silmarils but 3 times she rejected him and would not even give him a single hair. At the present time of the story when dwarves and elves hate each other it is a very powerful and beautiful moment that she an elf gives a dwarf three hairs..
"Celeborn gazed at the Dwarf in wonder, but the Lady smiled.
'It is said that the skill of the Dwarves is in their hands rather than in their tongues ' she said; 'yet that is not true of Gimli. For none have ever made to me a request so bold and yet so courteous. And how shall I refuse, since I commanded him to speak? But tell me, what would you do with such a gift?”
“Treasure it, Lady,' he answered, 'in memory of your words to me at our first meeting. And if ever I return to the smithies of my home, it shall be set in imperishable crystal to be an heirloom of my house, and a pledge of good will between the Mountain and the Wood until the end of days.”
Then the Lady unbraided one of her long tresses, and cut off three golden hairs, and laid them in Gimli's hand.
"These words shall go with the gift,' she said. 'I do not foretell, for all foretelling is now vain: on the one hand lies darkness, and on the other only hope. -
But if hope should not fail, then I say to you, Gimli son of Gloin, that your hands shall flow with gold, and yet over you gold shall have no dominion."
Prophecy and gift are one; Galadriel is recognizing Gimli's nobility of characte for all elves to understand, explicitly, and finally. In doing so she formally ends any grievance the elves of Lothlorien have with the people of 'the Mountain'. This is why Gimli wears the titles of 'Elf-Friend' and 'Lock-Bearer' in lore.
With a certain clan of dwarves: A giant set of events throughout the ages caused a huge rift between dwarves & elves since before any elf ever saw a dwarf. Elves are the firstborn. Men are the secondborn. Dwarvish forefathers were created by the hands of one of the Valar named Aulë, then essentially Eru Îlluvatar(AllFather) breathed life into them to later wake up at a later date since Aulë was still excited to create things of his very own. It’s also why dwarves overall can resist the rings power and so forth.
There were these beings became known as Petty Dwarves in the books where these beings were super hostile and the elves thought it was just another spawn of Melkor (now Morgoth) so when they finally did see actual dwarves they killed them on site.
That and dwarves were keen on chopping down trees by huge amounts so you can kind of see why… but this was only the beginning. But it’s not a very good start. Buuut not all dwarvish clans share this rift as the creator of the 16 rings was an elf named Celebrimbor and is one of the best characters ever. His main smithery guild in Eregion was full of dwarves and elves called the “Gwaith Ír Mirdain”. Even Gimli’s father was really close to a certain elf I won’t name yet! ❤
Not all dwarves were enemies to elves. Galadriel and her brother were best friends with dwarves. Famously the fortress of Nargothrond was built by Finrod Felagund with the dwarves! It was only a certain clan that killed Elu Thingol! (Elwë)
Galadriel & her elder brother Finrod Felagund were best friends with the dwarves. Finrod was named Felagund by the dwarves meaning “Earth Hewer” from the fact he helped them build the great fortress called Nargothrond of which he was the elven lord that ruled there justly.
Was the same for Celebrimbor and the dwarves of Eregion especially the guild called Gwaith Í Mirdain. His bestie was Narvi the dwarf. Narvi and Celebrimbor created the doors of Moria. Moria is also the elvish name for Khazad Dûm. This gift for Gimli set it into imperishable Crystal and would be the only thing left in middle earth that holds the light of the two trees of Valinor (Valanor by the Eldar). It’s basically the uncursed version of the Nauglamir. He named it The Galadramir. ❤
If you search for
'victorian hair art' then you can see what amazing things people created with hair in the past. Craftsmen as dwarfs were, I imagine that Gimli must have created something beyond exquisite!
Gimli attacking the ring shows it has no hold over him just like the Dwarvish rings out of the 16 meant to go to the elves had no hold over them. So technically they could easily be used offensively and defensively but many disappeared over the ages mainly due to Sauron collecting them back again over the last few thousand years. One or two eaten by dragons (not simple minded beasts here. They were twisted and enhanced beings by Melkor/Morgoth(Saurons Upperclassman as far as the Ainur face goes.).
There were only a few of them and their offspring are lesser drakes throughout middle earth. Most recent one you’ll see in The Hobbit movie and one other most recent dragon left of the originally created dragons was Scatha, of which I don’t think Scatha even has wings or could fly in any permanent sort of way.
“Evil cannot create. Only twist and warp what is already natural to the world”
The 3 Elven Rings are not susceptible to “The One Ring” in any direct way. They’re only tied by fate to lose their power if Sauron is defeated completely & absolutely. As they were made by the elves and as always they make things for a purpose and pour their literal spirit into things they create. So if Sauron is defeated then the three rings power will fade and basically become almost useless or diminished versions of their original design since by this era magic has bled from the world by a huge degree thanks to Morgoth’s poisoning the world itself with his very essence that he poured into it. Called The Long Defeat By The Elves and The Men Of The West.
Firstly: All 16 rings were meant to go to the elves ( which lead to 300-500years of his infiltration & deception down the drain.) but Mairon of the Maiar(primordial angelic beings in simple terms as they are sort of beyond angels) disguised as a high elf named Annatar when he came to the elves pretending to be an emissary from Valinor on behalf of the Valar so it makes sense how alluring the ring is and how strong it’s pull on people is. (A bit too instant in the movies though) Galadriel soon saw right through him and especially when after speaking with him regarding not remembering him when in Valinor long ago where she learned from all the Valar thanks to being dominantly Vanyar/Teleri side over her Noldorin side where she gleaned from that encounter that she did not study under Aulë the Vala with any elf named Annatar ! But later named Sauron by the elves meaning deceiver! After all of this, The three elven rings were made in secret without Saurons touch upon them thanks to Celebrimbor!
Remember Gandalf before he became Gandalf was the same species of entity Sauron used to be!! Wow hey?
The Rings in this case, would have lost their powers eventually due to the lack of the One Ring and possibly because they were designed to defeat evil, & evil in the form of Sauron had been defeated twice already in the past.
The Three Elven Rings served their purpose for a long time. Two out of three of them had several different bearers Unlike the other Rings, the main purpose of the Three is to "heal and preserve", as when Galadriel used Nenya to preserve her realm of Lothlórien over long periods. The Elves made the Three Rings to try to halt the passage of time, or as Tolkien had Elrond say, "to preserve all things unstained". I can expand upon this based on any further statements & questions you have for me as a reply to this comment ! ❤
There is problem here with the Rings, the Three were supposed to be never touched by Sauron and that's why they were not corrupting…
Sauron had not taken part in their making which made the Three more 'pure' unsullied by his dark power, unlike the Nine and Seven Rings! But Sauron in the show touched the very material they were made of!!! So technically he could have tainted them and corrupted!
Even appendices of Lot tell us the order of making the rings, so they didn't even need the righs to more detailed writings in UT or Silmarillion:
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Sauron endeavours to seduce the Eldar. Gil-galad refuses to treat with him; but the smiths of Eregion are won over. The Númenoreans begin to make permanent havens.
c. 1500
The Elven-smiths instructed by
Sauron reach the height of their skill.
They begin the forging of the Rings of Power.
c. 1590
The Three Rings are completed in Eregion.
c. 1600
Sauron forges the One Ring in
Orodruin. He completes the Barad-dûr. Kelebrimbor perceives the designs of Sauron.
1693
War of the Elves & Sauron begins.
The Three Rings are hidden."
'Did you not hear me, Gloin?' said Elrond. 'The Three were not made by Sauron, nor did he ever touch them.
But of them it is not permitted to speak. So much only in this hour of doubt I may now say. They are not idle. But they were not made as weapons of war or conquest: that is not their power. Those who made them did not desire strength or domination or hoarded wealth, but understanding, making, and healing, to preserve all things unstained.
These things the Elves of Middle-earth have in some measure gained, though with sorrow. But all that has been wrought by those who wield the Three will turn to their undoing, and their minds and hearts will become revealed to Sauron, if he regains the One."
Funny thing is though. That the dwarvish rings had no effect on them thanks to their ancestry leading back to the first dwarves created by the hands of Aulë the Valarin smith. ;)
The great sorcerers part was already in their capability for all Númenoreans. Who understood the world around them in a deep way. It’s why even when Annatar(Sauron) physically helmed the giant armies of ghouls and whatever else behind him at the thousands. Before the Númenoreans coming on their gleaming armadas of ships of which they’d never do battle off of their ships made Saurons armies quail and run away. Even with Sauron present.
The name Legolas is a Silvan dialect form of pure Sindarin Laegolas, which means "Greenleaf". At one point he is called "Legolas Greenleaf" by Gandalf, coupling his name and its translation like an epithet.
Legolas consists of the Sindarin words laeg, a very rare, archaic word for "green" (cf. Laegrim, Laegel(d)rim, the Green Elves), which is normally replaced by calen (cf. Calenhad, Parth Galen and Pinnath Gelin); and golas, a collection of leaves, foliage (being a prefixed collective form of las(s), "leaf")
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"The name Legolas Greenleaf first appeared in The Fall of Gondolin, one of the chapters of The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, written in early 1917. The character is mentioned only once and is unrelated to the character discussed above [LOTR]. As the Lost Tales were the first embodiment of Tolkien's mythology, and by the time The Lord of the Rings was written much had changed, this in all likelihood is not the same Elf, and he was not included in the published The Silmarillion.
But the others, led by one Legolas Greenleaf of the house of the Tree, who knew all that plain by day or by dark, and was night-sighted, made much speed over the vale for all their weariness, and halted only after a great march.-The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, "The Fall of Gondolin"The Legolas of Gondolin, who Tolkien would likely have renamed, has a different etymology. His name (Laiqalassë in its pure form) comes from the primitive Quenya (Qenya) words laica ("green") and lassë ("leaf"). The names are very similar, but the characters were different: Legolas of Gondolin was possibly a Noldor in exile, of the House (kindred) of the Tree. However, the published Silmarillion, in describing Turgon's founding of Gondolin, states that Turgon took with him up to a third of the people under Fingolfin, but an even larger number of the Sindar. Thus, whether Legolas of Gondolin was of Noldorin or Sindarin descent is debatable."
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Legolas’ name known to mankind is GreenLeaf. And elves don’t have sirnames. Sometimes there’s mentioned “son of so and so” be it the mother or father as an honorific. Second names are often given by friends and simply due to their deeds and signs of close friendship etc.
The old joke was “greenleaf greenleaf” which doesn’t make sense so it’s either greenLeaf or Legolas in common elvish.
I've been waiting for the reactions to these movies fr. One of, if not the best, trilogy of all time.
Lhang - name of The great elvish swords you see in the prologue being used in that ebbing & flowing strike formation tactic. This shows the skill of these warriors. Some are hundreds to thousands of years old. Their timeless prowess was caught on film perfectly.
"It's made from the games, right?" - The games they designed back in 1955 must have been bloody well ahead of their time then!
Literally THE best trilogy that was ever made.
Back to the Future is the best for sure
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absolutely goated movie, cant wait for more
This trilogy is actually ranked the best trilogy of all time.
This story takes place at the END of The Third Age in Middle Earth. The Balrog is a remnant of the First Age and the history of that time records many fights with balrogs. There's no reason it couldn't have followed the company out of Moria. A fall from a great height can kill them. Gandalf knows this and lures it onto the bridge deliberately, with the intention of breaking the narrow span. You may have missed it but the last thing Gandalf says to Aragorn is that he must lead the others out of Moria. Gandalf let go of the chasm's rim when the others started towards him. Both an heroic and tragic end to Gandalf the Gray.
The books in order are "The Hobbit", "The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring", The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers", and "The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King". Peter Jackson made the Lord of the Rings trilogy of films first, and then released "The Hobbit" trilogy of films (from the one novel) starting with "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" in 2012. The books are a wonderful read! 🙂
“I shall NOT be Dark. (All evil) will despair”, The elves (Galadriel especially is one of the few remaining that existed before the sun & moon. They pre-existed day & night.) How utterly, completely terrifying do you think it would be for your whole world to irrevocably change in a matter of an hour? For the thousands of years of (what you would come to know as twilight to be abruptly ended in a profundity of genuinely painful light and an infinity of colour? Of the joy, wonder and terror of distinguishing the difference between green and blue for the very first time in your whole life?)
She is talking about the immediate, majestic sublimity of reality that one experiences in it's totality for the very first time. How on earth could that not be so terrifying as to threaten one's sanity?
Galadriel with the ring would be exactly as beautiful and horrifying. I personally would not know whether to weep bitterly and perfectly, or claw my eyes out through the sheer, unutterable terror of her being in such a circumstance.
But know this: she was showing Frodo what would happen if someone else got the ring. She wasn’t tempted at all. Gandalf tells. Galadriel shows. See the difference now. Two sides of the same coin. Both were needed.
(But yes there was a more fluid beauty full of colour before the rise of the sun. Her uncle, Fingolfin, whilst in middle earth beheld the first rising of the sun and to see this wide field before him in even more definition than before while he was in Middle Earth. This was also the beginning of the dominion of men.)
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“Beautiful & Terrible as the dawn” Galadriel was quite correct to call the morning and night both “beautiful and terrible…”. In truth the physical and metaphysical natures of morning and night were both by turns beautiful and terrible.
First the morning. Physically the morning is the result of the golden fruit of Laurëlin, transformed into a vessel by Aulë’s craftsmen, hallowed by Varda and piloted by the fiery Maiarin spirit Arien. The sun was so terrifyingly powerful that its radiance instilled fear even into Melkor’s heart and defied the assault of his minions. She literally gave up her physical form to take her original form and enveloped the sun; becoming its flames we see today.
Physically the sun is a beautiful golden orb yet it is simultaneously terrifying in its intensity and cannot be observed directly for more than an instant without pain. Metaphysically the morning is beautiful because it diminishes the evil power of those creatures who haunt the night, gives strength to the righteous and because it illuminates the serene loveliness of Valinor and Middle-earth. Metaphysically the morning is terrible because it obscures the light of the stars and sheds light on the ugly reality of Arda Marred, whose very substance is corrupted by the power of Melkor.
Last the night. The night is the Void surrounding the globe of Arda, which existed even before the creation of the Ainur at the beginning of time itself. Physically the beauty of the night lies in the fact . Physically the terror of the night is that it conceals the beauty of Arda and limits the senses of the elves and gives strength to the creatures of evil such as orcs, trolls and the Ringwraiths.
Metaphysically the night is beautiful because it is during the hours of darkness that the stars of Varda, the most beloved creations for the elves, shine most brightly. Metaphysically the terror of the night for elves, who are irretrievably bound to the world of Arda, is that the Void represents the interstellar coldness which is the prison of Morgoth.
Terrible in its more original archaic form didn’t always mean “bad”
(the sun stuff was to move it into a place where Melkor couldn’t go by virtue of how the Valar and Maiar are bound to the world until it’s ending; (which isn’t the true end either. It’s deep stuff. There ends up another song of creation which all kindreds take part in and working with the powers of that long ago past of our world to rebuild everything. Even the Mountains too, healing it after Dagor Dagorath, Also known as the final battle, the worlds ending.
Becoming the greater version of the original form before Melkor’s discord into the first music and so forth which dictated eventually what all ended up ensuing when they entered the world the first time which also was interesting because when they entered it after seeing the complete version it hadn’t been done yet so that was millions of years of work which lead to Middle Earth and the other lands being the remnants of it. Including Valinor being the only remnant of an even older world. At that time of building and tending to the world when the world was young.)
54:52 When Gimli says "Ishkh khakfe andu null'” to Haldir, it means “pour my excrement(shit) on his head.”
Gandalf, played by Sir Ian McKellen, is indeed Magneto.
If someone tells you that LOTR is one of the best trilogies of all time, it's not an opinion, it's a fact. The first 2 instalments of LOTR came out before I was born while the 3rd came out 2 months after. This trilogy was one that shaped my childhood imagination and also shaped the type of movies I like to watch, over 20 years later and LOTR is still going strong with a series that came out either in 2022 or 2023, I started watching the series, but I didn't get to finish it. Anyways, my view on Frodo and Sam's relationship has always been as if Frodo is an important person that can't really do much, while Sam is like his butler/caretaker that does everything, so don't expect much fighting from Frodo. With that being said, in majority of shows, cartoons or anime I see with Elves and Dwarves in it, they always seem to express a strong dislike for each other, I mean when you think about it, Elves and Dwarves tend to exhibit opposite mannerisms and etiquettes, with Elves being noble, royalty-like, prim, proper, stylish and proud, while Dwarves tend to be savage-like, wild, barbarian-like, rowdy, scruffy and they drink a lot, so they probably smell of booze, but with all those differences, they both are stubborn and headstrong. Also, the Ring don't just tempt as if to simply suggest thoughts into someone's ear, no, it tempts in a more hypnotic, brainwashing way as if to mind control into putting the ring on so it could be found and return to it's wrongful owner.
Dwarves were way more noble. Like book version Daine Ironfoot.
With a certain clan of dwarves: A giant set of events throughout the ages caused a huge rift between dwarves & elves since before any elf ever saw a dwarf. Elves are the firstborn. Men are the secondborn. Dwarvish forefathers were created by the hands of one of the Valar named Aulë, then essentially Eru Îlluvatar(AllFather) breathed life into them to later wake up at a later date since Aulë was still excited to create things of his very own. It’s also why dwarves overall can resist the rings power and so forth.
There were these beings became known as Petty Dwarves in the books where these beings were super hostile and the elves thought it was just another spawn of Melkor (now Morgoth) so when they finally did see actual dwarves they killed them on site. That and dwarves were keen on chopping down trees by huge amounts so you can kind of see why… but this was only the beginning. But it’s not a very good start. Buuut not all dwarvish clans share this rift as the creator of the 16 rings was an elf named Celebrimbor and is one of the best characters ever.
His main smithery guild in Eregion was full of dwarves and elves called the “Gwaith Ír Mirdain”. Even Gimli’s father was really close to a certain elf I won’t name yet! ❤
Not all dwarves were enemies to elves. Galadriel and her brother were best friends with dwarves. Famously the fortress of Nargothrond was built by Finrod Felagund with the dwarves! It was only a certain clan that killed Elu Thingol! (Elwë)
Galadriel & her elder brother Finrod Felagund were best friends with the dwarves. Finrod was named Felagund by the dwarves meaning “Earth Hewer” from the fact he helped them build the great fortress called Nargothrond of which he was the elven lord that ruled there justly. Was the same for Celebrimbor and the dwarves of Eregion especially the guild called Gwaith Í Mirdain. His bestie was Narvi the dwarf. Narvi and Celebrimbor created the doors of Moria. Moria is also the elvish name for Khazad Dûm.
This gift for Gimli set it into imperishable Crystal and would be the only thing left in middle earth that holds the light of the two trees of Valinor (Valanor by the Eldar). It’s basically the uncursed version of the Nauglamir. He named it The Galadramir. ❤
If you search for
'victorian hair art' then you can see what amazing things people created with hair in the past. Craftsmen as dwarfs were, I imagine that Gimli must have created something beyond exquisite!
Gimli attacking the ring shows it has no hold over him just like the Dwarvish rings out of the 16 meant to go to the elves had no hold over them. So technically they could easily be used offensively and defensively but many disappeared over the ages mainly due to Sauron collecting them back again over the last few thousand years. One or two eaten by dragons (not simple minded beasts here.
They were twisted and enhanced beings by Melkor/Morgoth(Saurons Upperclassman as far as the Ainur face goes.). There were only a few of them and their offspring are lesser drakes throughout middle earth. Most recent one you’ll see in The Hobbit movie and one other most recent dragon left of the originally created dragons was Scatha, of which I don’t think Scatha even has wings or could fly in any permanent sort of way.
“Evil cannot create. Only twist and warp what is already natural to the world”
The story behind Beren and Luthien was something from the 1st age, Beren was a man and Luthien was an elf and they were in love. Beren to gain her hand in marriage was tasked by Luthien's father, a king of a group of elves to steal a gem called a Silmaril from Morgoth/Melkor (The Dark Lord of the 1st age, Sauron served him, hes gone by the time of Lord of the Rings) He went to Morgoth's fortress and stole it with the help of Luthien however he got his hand bit off by a werewolf and lost the Silmaril. He returned like the badass he is and said that the Silmaril was still in his hand but in the werewolves stomach. He married her, however a couple years later the same werewolf returned and killed Beren and the sadness from that resulted in Luthiens death. They were brought back to life to live as mortals together and even had a son.
Regarding the Will of the Ring, it does have abilities itself. It made itself too large to stay on Isildur's finger.
I actually just now realized, why would a ring that fit on a demi-god that stood at least a man and a half tall fit perfectly fine on a hobbit's finger? A human's pinky ring would probably be a nice wedding band for a hobbit. Sauron's Ring could likely hold 2 hobbit fingers easily, without that ability.
Edit: Mentioning other abilities it has demonstrated could be construed as spoilers for the other 2 movies and The Hobbit movies.
Edit edit: Also, the Rings of Power are magical. Each of the 3 Elven Rings have abilities. Gandalf has Narya, the Ring of Fire, and it causes Gandalf to radiate an aura of hope. Galadriel has the Ring of Air, and Elrond the Ring of Water. When Sauron put on The One Ring, the Elves immediately sensed his dominating will and removed their rings.
The 7 Rings given to the Dwarves were enchanted to lead them to riches, but the stout and hardy nature of the Dwarves rendered them immune to the dominating effect of The One.
And, as you saw, the 9 Rings given to Men were enchanted to make them powerful rulers, but when Sauron donned The One, they instantly became slaves to his will.
So the reason Gimli asked for her hair is because of more lore in the books that simply couldn’t be put in the movies, even the extended editions.
Basically, she was the last elf to leave God’s domain, and is therefore the last living elf in the mortal lands who saw the tree of creation. It is because of this, that in lore, her hair is seen as more beautiful than gold itself, and can be used to create wondrous things.
In fact, her father asked for a piece of her hair several times, as he was the greatest inventor of the elves, but each time she rejected his request, as she felt his goals would harm the world.
So, for the queen of the elves, arguably the highest ranking elf in the entire series, to grant a dwarf her hair, with dwarves being a species known for creating things, and not only give him her hair, but three times what he’d humbly requested, is an IMMENSE sign of respect, and a sign that she wishes for the hostilities between their races to end, so much so that the filmmakers decided they simply had to make include it, even if they couldn’t include all the needed context.
58:35 Those statues where build by Numenorians, an ancient race of humans that rivaled the elves in their craftsmanship.
They also build Isengard (Sarumans home) and the white city of man, Minas Tirith.
The human kings of Gondor and Anor (the second kingdom was destroyed long ago) were of numenorian lineage, so Aragorn has numenorian blood in him (the second movie will talk about that in one scene).
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3:40 The defeat of Sauron here is Peter Jackson's interpretation. It actually took the leaders of each race to defeat him, Elendil and Gil-galad. And they both perished in the process. That's when Isildur cut off the Ring, when Sauron was in a weakened state. It then took Sauron several thousands of years to rebuild his spirit, body and powerbase. The entire Third Age basically.
You asked why gandalf didn't give sam and frodo horses. As a rule, hobbits are terrified of horses and don't trust them, they're "too big" and they don't keep them in the shire. At best they might occasionally use ponies to ride (still rare) and use them for carrying baggage (also rare). But in general hobbits don't like them. Kind of how they feel about all "big things". They'd rather dig into the ground than build a second story on any building.
At 7:00 the woman banging on Bilbo's door is Lobelia Sackville-Baggins. Her husband Otho is Bilbo's closest relative, and they would have inherited Bag End, had not Bilbo adopted Frodo some years previously. When Bilbo refers to "some blockheaded Bracegirdle from Hardbottle," the one who fits the bill is Lobelia, nee Bracegirdle, from Hardbotttle.
There is a nice meaning and explanation regarding Galadriel giving 3 hairs to Gimli.
YES! I’ve been waiting for this for so long I love these movies.
Okay, the reason Sam calls Frodo mister. Mister is a informal form of master. Sam is a commoner amonge the hobbits while the Baggens of Hobbitown is the closest thing to nobles and aristocrats that hobbits have. So Sam is menrly being polite and recognizing that is friend is a noble and lordly.
Sure but Frodo is also a lot older than him, plus Sam is Frodo's gardener...
@@p.gin3955 Yes but it is based on an earlier sociaity then ours. The world of LotR is closer to a midivel society than anything else.
When Frodo pulls Sam into the boat - "Sam is real one, I forgot about Sam you know"
Everyone who's seen the films - "just wait for Return of the King"
At 17:51 you ask, "Why does he call him Mister?" Sam is the Baggins' gardener, and as such is Frodo's servant. Tolkien wrote LOTR back in the 1940s and 50s when class distinctions were more pronounced than they are today. Sam is of a lower social class than the other three Hobbits. Peter Jackson & Co. have elevated Sam's social status a bit; they certainly don't talk down to him as much as in the book, where Sam starts off at a pretty low level (he grows substantially during the course of the story!).
Elves for their first 100-200 years are almost indistinguishable to Mankind as their Fëa spirit hasn’t fully burned bright enough with growing age.
Their power as Tolkien says for all things in the world regarding the older something or someone is the more powerful they are. For many reasons I’d love to see you take a few guesses. I love to see what reactors have to say/ask to our community ❤
The large ears for elves thing came after Tolkiens legendarium inspiring the entire world. There ears were practically like those of the Gift Of Men. Maybe a slight point to them.
It's hard to believe that you are watching this legendary film for the first time. On the other hand, I'm glad you'll go on an epic adventure and remind me again why this is the best picture of cinematography.
Welcome to one of the best trilogies ever made 🎉
5:31 yas hi is Magneto
5:35 yes he is
2 questions I heard you ask and I would love to answer!
Does the ring give you powers? YES. Other than the obvious long life and entering wraithrealm you do develop powers over time and it may even change you. For example when Frodo was fiddling the ring in Bree, they show him being a bit overwhelmed by all the noises, movements and eventually he could easily hear Pippin talking about him some distance away. It increased his senses.
Visiting Galadriel most of their conversation was telepathic. Sam doesn't see the whole sequence where she turns green and monstrous when tempted by the ring. Extra: Only Frodo can see her Elvin Ring of Power, Sam sees like a shiny censor bar on her finger.
Why did Frodo leave alone?
Galadriel told Frodo about Boromir and Frodo knew it was inevitable. Frodo thinks it's inevitable that everyone will be tempted by the ring for being around it for so long and that eventually it will change them. Frodo doesn't want to trouble anyone, not to this extent. So he left.
“I shall NOT be dark” part 2 - All creatures whose flesh are nourished by the matter of Arda have a tendency towards Melkor AKA Morgoth, for greater or lesser. Since Melkor poured his evil power into the very existence and essence of the world(Morgoth’s Ring” book explains a lot including how and when he put a portion of his remaining power into the earth itself.
Sure, Galadriel was born in the Undying Lands where there was supposed to be no evil (souls of the Elves are greatly less subject to making faulty decisions), but Galadriel & the rest of her father's kin were directly targeted by the Evil Lord himself. Melkor corrupted a decent portion of the Noldor, basically telling them things along the lines of “My Valarin kin are cooping you all up in Valinor.”, which wasn’t their ancestral homeland to begin with, like Middle Earth was, Some were affected little, most were affected to greater degrees, and Galadriel was the least affected woman by the lies of Melkor, which were “sweet but poisoned honey" as she’d call his words.
Her natural pious tendency towards goodness & kindness as shown by her ability to read the hearts of everyone and all living beings around her which aids her to provide what anyone truly needs. Due to the magic bleeding from the world as the ages went on; thanks to Morgoth’s Ring poisoning the earth long ago; lead to a what if scenario in her mind as she’d be the only living creature left with the skills & power to even use the ring. She didn’t need her ring at all to block him out of her realm telepathically as well as read his mind from afar without him knowing. But there is a difference between good people who are a bit morally challenged and the evil people. The evil folk act upon their impulses and unlawful desires, while the good folk overcome such flaws within themselves (and for some not always they can masterfully do this). Galadriel WOULD NEVER listen to Melkor and tread the path of toxic pride and ambition.
Galadriel has a Fëa spirit that’s only grown larger as the ages passed on and on. Enough to channel into an effect that threw down fortress walls, without tiring her at all. And with that much Fëa, she is capable of holding her own against Maiar for a good long while, much like her brother Finrod did against Sauron, or her uncle Fëanor did against Balrogs.
Fëanor effectively lost all claim to the crown when he rebelled and dragged his entire house to Middle Earth. Where he promptly died a heroic death after slaying several Balrogs at the Dagor-nuin-Giliath; The Elves first encountered Lord Of Balrogs named Gothmog in the Dagor-nuin-Giliath; (meaning “the battle fought under stars”) before the first rising of the Moon. In that battle, Fëanor's fury had caused him to draw forward of the main force of the Noldor, and so he came upon Gothmog with only a small guard left around him that rushed so deep into enemy territory.
Fëanor slayed 2 or 3 balrogs at once & Gothmog slayed him after one bound him suddenly with its primordial flame whip when he was supposed to have an uninterrupted “one on one” duel with Gothmog but one wasn’t wanting to play fair. But he was fatally wounded and so his sons and host moved him away to a safe place where his body burned up from the fires of his own spirit.
Even with a lesser ring like Nenya, Galadriel had enough of a boost in her Fëa(spirit) , that she could sustain an unassailable magical realm against Maiar and virtually anything on Middle-Earth. Only problem was when Sauron wore the one ring, she had to take off Nenya, and had to lose that Maia level Fëa spirit from the modernly termed “boosted power up”
With the one ring, Galadriel would have such a boost in her Fëa spirit, that she’d literally become stronger than the foundations of the Earth.
Due to Galadriel’s immense native Fëa, she was prone to a super healthy pride and a small lust for dominion/ but not domination, her goodness kept this pride from going over to the dark side. Galadriel at heart was extremely good so she’s definitely not evil. She never once is called queen or desires to be called such a thing, she and her husband Celeborn became the wiseman and wisewoman of that realm; after the previous elven lord Amroth died and his wife Nimrodel disappeared ontop of the fact Amroth’s Successor later died as well in the “Last Alliance”, (same battle shown in the prologue to Fellowship Of The Ring), All Evil Despairs at her presence let alone hearing her name on the wind. The Nazgûl themselves avoid her realm every chance they get to the point of choosing to go the long way around for over 100 miles just to avoid her. (So she’s definitely scary to foul entities that have turned away from Eru Îlluvatar the one AllFather.)
She’s a totally good character. Aragorn even says to the Fellowship as they enter Lothlórien, “There is in her and this land no evil, unless a man bring it hither himself. Then let him beware!” If you’re going by her portrayal in the movies, you might think she has an evil element to her character, but that came from Peter Jackson’s portrayal of the addictive, coercive power of the Ring. When Frodo offered her the Ring, it presented her with visions of herself as the all-powerful Goddess of Middle-Earth.
Luckily, she was smart & intuitive enough to realize that the Ring was totally evil, and despite the best of intentions, it would have turned her evil in the end-but she still would have appeared to be beautiful and good. I don’t agree with Jackson’s “drowned Galadriel” portrayal of her being tempted by the Ring-I think she’d have appeared as a supernatural being of divine beauty, and her regular appearance was close to that already, but how do you show that in a movie? Apparently, in her youth in Valinor, she was somewhat of a rebel, but that’s not necessarily evil.
She certainly could have fallen into the same trap as her uncle Fëanor did, of thinking that everyone was entitled to her opinion-but she kept her ego in check. (If you’re not sure what I’m referring to there; please read The Silmarillion and “Unfinished Tales”.)
No matter how noble her reason was to use the ring as a last resort, especially if said fellowship fell off the “edge of the knife” as she called it. she had a change of heart which happened in the middle of talking to Frodo.
Galadriel left Valinor(The Undying Lands) for a reason - and it was different from most of the other elves.
She wasn’t with her uncle Fëanor, who wished to make war against Morgoth and retrieve the Silmarils - she was not wishing to go to war, and had no interest in the Silmarils in which Melkor stole from Fëanor which was the surviving light of the two trees of Valinor within them that the only Fëanor; the master of all elven smiths could have accomplished but it could not be done a second time as is any pure creation of one’s heart, especially in regards to the elves and Valar alike.
Though she traveled with her other uncle, Fingolfin, her goals were not aligned completely with his either despite her full support of her noble and regal uncle Fingolfin in general.
- They both wished to keep an eye on Fëanor and make sure the Noldor were in good hands -
Galadriel wasn’t interested in Fëanor and wanted her own realm. After spending some time in Doriath, Galadriel and her husband Celeborn passed to the east out of Beleriand and passed eastward through Eriador and over the Misty Mountains; to where she founded her own realm in what became renamed as Lothlórien. Her motivation and goal was to preserve her realm, possibly at any means necessary.
With Sauron’s return in the Third Age, Galadriel was forced to ask herself how far she would go to preserve her realm. If Frodo failed, she must forsake her own ring & her realm. If he succeeds, her ring will lose power and her realm with fade. Would she seize the ring, taking Sauron’s power for her own, to save her realm? She decided she would not. She had decided to “test” the Fellowship, to find some flaw that would allow her to justify seizing the ring, and she did find a flaw - in herself. She stated to Frodo, that by telling her that he would offer her the ring if she asked, that she had come to test his heart, but found that he was testing hers.
She had a change of heart, she would pass into the West, and remain Galadriel.
Which one is better? Being born completely good and living your whole life without any evil inside, or having a character growth ?
The Shire is a region of fertile farmland in the southern middle of the sub continent Eriador. It was gifted to the Hobbits when the region became depopulated by war and disease by the High Kingdom of Arnor 400 years before Arnor fell. The only condition was that they keep the Great East-West Road and its bridges in good condition as it runs along the northern border. At the time this story takes place the Hobbits have lived in The Shire for 1500 years.
Hobbits are counted as offshoots of Mortal Men but their lifecycle is different. They take much longer to mature and aren't considered fully adult until the age of 33. Frodo and Bilbo share a birthday and Frodo turned 33 the day of the party. So he could inherit Bag End and its contents free and clear. It's not unusual for a Hobbit to live past 100 but like us they are frail when they're elderly.
The movies don't cover the timeline because it would confuse the audience, but Gandalf, alarmed to see that Bilbo hasn't aged in 60 years, combined with his behavior about the ring, spent 17 years in tracking it down and how it came to be in Gollum's possession.
Frodo was 50 when he left The Shire, but his possession of the ring made him seem like a young Hobbit barely out of his tweens. Samwise Gamgee's family had worked for the Baggins family as gardeners and domestics for three generations. He and Merry Brandybuck were in their mid 30s and Pippin Took was 29, and still an adolescent, when they found out that their cousin and friend Frodo was setting off on a dangerous mission with only Sam for company. They were the eldest sons of the most prominent families in the Shire.
yes, elija wood (frodo) and daniel radcliffe (harry potter) look like they could be brothers which got memed a lot for a while.
yes, gandalf and magneto are played by the same actor
HOLY SHITT U FUGGIN ROCK FOR THIS!!!
58:30 "Was it magic that they used to built it, or just like... slavery?"
Caught me off guard
In the books Sam's family works for Bilbo's family and Bilbo is about twice the age of Sam. Sam calling him Mr. Frodo because he is because he is his gardener.